History of computer science

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History of computing

Hardware before 1960

Hardware 1960s to present

Hardware in Soviet Bloc countries

Computer science

Operating systems

Personal computers

Laptops

Software engineering

Programming languages

Artificial intelligence

Graphical user interface

Internet

World Wide Web

Computer and video games

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The history of computer science began long before the modern discipline of computer science that emerged in the twentieth century. The progression, from mechanical inventions and mathematical theories towards the modern concepts and machines, formed a major academic field and the basis of a massive world-wide industry.

Contents

• 1 Early history
  • 1.1 Early computation
  • 1.2 Algorithms
  • 1.3 Binary logic
  • 1.4 The Analytical Engine
  • 1.5 Birth of computer science
• 2 Emergence of a discipline
  • 2.1 The theoretical groundwork
  • 2.2 Shannon and information theory
  • 2.3 Wiener and Cybernetics
• 3 The first computer bug
• 4 See also
• 5 Notes
• 6 References
• 7 External links